Joe

Hi world, hope everyone had a great day yesterday, that's a stretch, "everyone " never has a great day.  Thanks once again for visiting this blog, feel free to leave me a comment telling me of a certain youth you are proud of. I know for sure that I am not the only one in this huge world who has the awesome opportunity of knowing fantastic young people who are really making an impact on those around them. Take a minute and share.

Today I want to feature my friend Joe.  Joe was /is one of the most humble,  soft spoken young men I have ever met.Joe has the greatest , almost sheepish smile you have ever seen.  His sarcastic wit always made me smile when he was in the youth group at church.  I first met Joe on a World Changer trip to Columbus, SC in the summer of 2004 (I think it was 2004, I am getting really old). We were roommates and he kept me laughing all the time.  Ever meet someone who had a little one liner for everything, that's Joe, but the thing is that he is soooo soft spoken that you have to really have to listen to catch them all.  This young man at about 14 had the biggest heart for lost people that I have ever seen. He was consumed with making sure everyone knew about the Jesus he loved and that had saved him. I really thought that he would graduate and become a missionary ( more on that in a minute).  For about two years, Joe myself and his brother Scott played a running  game of bible verse where each time we met , we threw out a verse. It went like this, if I saw you first then I might quote a scripture, he would have to tell me chapter and verse.  Next time he might see me first and throw out chapter and verse, I would have to quote the scripture, It was a great learning tool for the three of us. Joe graduated and enlisted in the United States Air Force and is doing quite well his sister tells me.  I think that he has found a GREAT mission field and am sure that wherever he goes, whatever he does he is going to try to find a way to reach people for Jesus.  Good Luck to you Joe, and may God be with you always.  I am very proud of you.

Be sure to read tomorrows' post as I want to follow up on this one, not about Joe, but about youth and the HUGE role they play in the defense of our country.